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my doubt is on StringtoDate() convertion .......................

My input date is 1052003(dmmyyyy).I am getting this field as a varchar field(length 7).

I want to convert this into date field(yyyy-mm-dd)

In transformer i am using the function StringToDate()

I assume StringToDate() takes only the exact date format(ie if i get the input field as 01-05-2003 then i can use the function stringtodate())
Its perfectly working fine.

My input is 1052003(dmmyyyy).So i am splitting the input value as
d in one stage variable,mm in one stage variable,yyyy in one stage varibale.

and concatenating all the three as below
Year:'-':Month:'-':Day

When i try to load this in oracle(10g) i am getting the following warning.

INSERT_AR,0: Invalid date value in getInputFieldAsDate() for field '10' of input dataset '0'.

I am assuming that the problem is with the format because i tested with a hardcoded date(2003-12-01) into the table its getting properly inserted.

Kindly let me know where i am going wrong.
Any inputs would be appreciated.

Regards,
Siva.

Your input is the not the standard date. It looks like a Julian Date. Go through the technical specifications or ask someone who knows the source data and make sure that it is a Julian Date.Then use the DataTime functions to convert it into a date suitable to your target database.

Hi Siva, Have you tried the previous suggestion?
The string fromate of "%d%mm%yyyy" should work or you can concatinate 0 to the input field to have "dd" string formate.
Like StringToDate("0":inputfield,"%dd%mm%yyyy"), this should convert into date format.
As asked you in other post, who do you manage the date with single digit?
Sometimes it can be dddyyyy, i.e., number of days since the year start.

Yes i got it thanks to all.

Atlast the StringtoDate() was converted into the Oracle table.

It worked because the mistake was done in concatination.

Thanks to all.

Regards,
Siva